The Long Beach City College football team has just unveiled the alternate colors for the Viking team uniform that consists of a light grey jersey and a blacked out helmet.
According to Assistant Coach Neo Aoga, the decision was made by the head coach Brett Peabody.
Peabody called in all of the assistant coaches and staff to petition and to...

After holding a definitive lead for a majority of the game then nearly losing that lead in the eighth inning, the LBCC Men’s Baseball team got the 5-4 victory over the East Los Angeles College Huskies on Tuesday, March 6.
The Huskies scored first, recording one run off of a double to jump out to an early 1-0 lead in...

The No. 4 Long Beach Vikings volleyball team lost against the No. 5 Cypress Chargers in the second round of CCCAA SoCal Regionals on Saturday night at Long Beach City College.
The match ended in the Chargers favor in 5 sets, 14-25, 25-27, 26-24, 25-22, 15-10. The Chargers advance to play Gavilan College on Nov. 30.
Freshman Viking Tylie Johnson ended...

The Vikings played host to their third regular season game having a blowout win with a score of 54-24 against LA Valley College on Sept. 15.
Vikings high powered offense showed up again with a quick touchdown score from freshman running back Teshawn White on the Vikings second drive of the game.
The Vikings offense took a 24-7 lead at half...

A nine run second inning ignited by freshman catcher David Balboa’s two-run home run led the LBCC Vikings against the Barstow Community College Vikings in a dominating victory by the final score of 14-3 at Joe Hicks Memorial Field.
The Vikings flexed their muscles early on as Sophomore outfielder Val Stammler hit a two run homer in the first inning...

Freshman outside hitter Tylie Johnson had a team high 15 kills to lead the Long Beach City College women’s volleyball team to a 3-1 victory over Pasadena College (25-18, 19-25, 25-22, 25-21) in the building Q gym on Friday.
Vikings were in a close battle in every set they played having to fight back from being down early.
The Vikings came...

Sophomore pitcher Alissa Cienfuegos did it all as she led the Vikings to a victory over the Pasadena City College Lancers on Thursday March 8 by a score of 1-0 raising their overall record to 12-10.
Cienfuegos, the star of the game, pitched seven shutout innings for the Vikings. She struck out nine batters, contributing to her 76 strikeouts this...

Guard Jace Bass scored 22 points to lead the Long Beach City College Vikings with a victory over home team, the Cypress Chargers, by a score of 77-75 on Nov. 21.
Bass, who was the leading scorer, made 10-12 free throws, had 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal.
The Vikings broke Cypress’ winning game streak leaving them now at 3–1.
Head...

The controversial actions of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem lead into the NFL not showing the national anthem on live television. Players in the NFL kneeling during the anthem has not only angered and divided the fans, but the controversy has spread to college sports.
Colin Kaepernick used his stardom and the big platform of the NFL in...

Sophomore guard William English’s 33 points helped lead the vikings to a 99-87 win over El Camino Friday night, which improves their record to 16-11 overall and 5-3 in their division.
The Warriors kept the score close in the first half, in part due to the Vikings poor shooting. The Vikings struggled from the free-throw line, where they shot only...

Published continuously since 1927, the Viking News is the official student news organization of Long Beach City College. The award winning newspaper publishes Spring, Summer and Fall semesters and is online and on social media daily. The Viking is part of the Journalism curriculum of the English department.